SEP 13 Ruby. Scented, layered, nuanced nose, fruity even if some vanilla is a bit up front now. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity and elegant texture, needs hours of air to open or much better still, ages in the cellar. Wait fifteen years. 93

2005 Château Branaire Ducru
SEP 15 Ruby. Cassis, some vanilla notes still, fruity, lightly scented nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, fairly rounded, fairly elegant, very well made but lacks a bit of personality in a way. It is good, even very good but one doesn't quite fall in love. 93

2004 Château Mouton Rothschild

APR 11 Ruby, tiny garnet rim. Leather, cassis, violets, chocolate, some floral notes, complex, cigars, perfumed, pencil hint. Elegant texture, some vanilla, fresh acidity and ripe tannins, beautiful mouth-feel, long finish. Forget it for ten or many more years. Needed a lot of time, and never really opened fully, still I nailed it blind. 91